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Mon, Mar 11, 2019·NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale

Columbus Blue Jackets 0, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 52% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ08012011031
NYI180814220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 6:11NYIRyan PulockGWGAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Adam Pelech · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 18:30NYIAnders LeeENAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.75 xG0–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:44CBJBrandon Dubinsky: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:31NYIDevon Toews: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:20CBJJosh Anderson: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 5:11NYICasey Cizikas: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 5:11CBJJosh Anderson: Roughing2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← CBJ attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Dubinsky
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJNYI
31Shots on goal20
3.0Expected goals3.0
62Shot attempts33
12Faceoffs won24
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
37Hits27
4Blocked shots16
9Giveaways22
5Takeaways7

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestAtkinson – Panarin – Dubois12:41

    xG 1.16–0.23 (83%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Sedlak – Wennberg – Robinson3:02

    xG 0.29–0.07 (80%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – Dzingel – Bjorkstrand4:55

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Duchene – Dzingel – Anderson7:50

    xG 0.57–0.59 (49%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Nutivaara14:20

    xG 1.03–0.18 (85%)attempts 15–3goals 0–1

  2. McQuaid – Harrington9:52

    xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Nutivaara2:44

    xG 0.11–0.26 (29%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Lee – Barzal10:41

    xG 0.96–0.70 (58%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Nelson – Beauvillier11:38

    xG 0.40–0.44 (48%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas11:59

    xG 0.28–0.49 (36%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  4. Filppula – Komarov – Bailey8:04

    xG 0.00–0.36 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hickey – Toews10:27

    xG 0.46–0.48 (49%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock15:22

    xG 0.41–0.55 (43%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  3. Leddy – Mayfield16:19

    xG 0.57–1.02 (36%)attempts 8–20goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

NYI 3.0 xGCBJ 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NYI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYI is favoured, below it CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 0/100 · #1268 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 52% of the time.

NYI winsCBJ wins

Simulated goal difference (NYI − CBJ), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).